İSTANBUL. Galatasaray defeats Olympique Marseille 4-2. Olympique Marseille lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
A. Milik didn’t score a decisive penalty (68′). That would have allowed Olympique Marseille to draw the match.
The match was played at the Vodafone Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Stieler with the assistance of Eduard Beitinger and Robert Kempter. The 4th official was Florian Badstübner. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
- 10 Total 14
- 6 On Target 8
- 4 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 83 Attack 108
- 26 Dangerous attack 40
- 91 Ball safe 90
- 0 Penalties 1
- 2 Corners 4
- 6 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 18
- 2 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 1
Ball possession
Olympique Marseille had a strong ball possession 59% while Galatasaray was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, Galatasaray found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Galatasaray shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards (O. Morutan and A. Cicaldau). On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille received 6 yellow cards (Gerson, A. Milik, M. Guendouzi, L. Peres, B. Dieng and P. Gueye).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this encounter, Galatasaray will have 11 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille will stay with 4 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Europa League, Galatasaray will play away with Lazio on the 9th of December with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Olympique Marseille will host Lokomotiv Moskva on the 9th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray
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Galatasaray started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Fatih Terim decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera , DeAndre Yedlin , Victor Nelsson , Marcão , Patrick van Aanholt , Taylan Antalyalı , Sofiane Feghouli , Alexandru Cicâldău , Berkan Kutlu , Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Mbaye Diagne .
The home team had on the bench: Ömer Bayram, Bartuğ Elmaz, Ryan Babel , Atalay Babacan, Emre Kılınç, Mostafa Mohamed, Olimpiu Moruțan , Halil Dervişoğlu, Christian Luyindama , Barış Alper Yılmaz, İsmail Çipe and Alpaslan Öztürk.
Galatasaray could not rely on the presence of O. Morutan (injured).
Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: A. Cicaldau for O. Morutan (51′), S. Feghouli for C. Luyindama (82′), K. Akturkoglu for R. Babel (82′), M. Diagne for Mostafa Mohamed (90′) and B. Kutlu for B. Elmaz (90′).
Best player: Sofiane Feghouli
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Galatasaray was Sofiane Feghouli.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 5 crosses.
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille
Olympique Marseille started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya played with: Pau López , Pol Lirola , William Saliba , Duje Ćaleta-Car , Luan Peres , Boubacar Kamara , Mattéo Guendouzi , Gerson , Pape Gueye , Ahmadou Bamba Dieng and Arkadiusz Milik .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Álvaro González, Konrad de la Fuente , Leonardo Balerdi, Paolo Sciortino, Steve Mandanda, Cengiz Ünder, Jordan Amavi, Amine Harit, Ugo Bertelli, Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Luís Henrique and J. Pitou.
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made only 1 change substituting P. Gueye for K. de La Fuente (63′).
Best player: Ahmadou Bamba Dieng
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Ahmadou Bamba Dieng.
His rating is with 14 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Antwerp – 2-2
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Fenerbahçe – 1-0
- Leicester City – Legia Warszawa – 3-1
- Monaco – Real Sociedad – 2-1
- PSV – Sturm Graz – 2-0
- Brøndby – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-3
- Rangers – Sparta Praha – 2-0
- Rapid Vienna – West Ham United – 0-2
- Dinamo Zagreb – Genk – 1-1
- Real Betis – Ferencváros – 2-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Celtic – 3-2
- Lokomotiv Moskva – Lazio – 0-3
- Galatasaray – Olympique Marseille – 4-2
- Crvena Zvezda – Ludogorets – 1-0
- Midtjylland – Sporting Braga – 3-2
